BEST BACKUP METHOD

Hey All,
I need your help.
I was just on the phone with apple support. Long story short... after 4 hours on the phone I was told to back up my hard drive, wipe it totally, and do a full reinstall of Tiger.
Here are my questions...
1. How do I back up my mail documents for retreval later?
2. How do I back up my programs for easy re-use. I have big programs like Photoshop CS3, Final Cut, etc. Can I just clone them? Do I have to do a full reinstall?
3. What is the best way to back up all my docs and folders?
I have a 500 GB external HD and just want to make sure that I do this right. Thanks.

Hello adam:
If your external drive is a firewire one, I recommend a little program called SuperDuper ($28 US at www.shirt-pocket.com). I use SD to make bootable clones of my iMacs. After the first backup, SD has an option to just copy changed data (runs much faster).
The clone eliminates the worry of "what should I copy?" You get it all on the external drive.
After the internal drive is wiped, you can restore back from the external drive.
Barry
Message was edited by: Barry Hemphill

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